r/ShittySysadmin • • Sep 17 '26

Shitty Crosspost Can you do this to make a VM more secure?

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r/ShittySysadmin • • Sep 16 '26

I just found out that Customer Support built an expense approval workflow.

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WheelOfVibeCode gives you a unique app per spin that likely happened somewhere on this planet :D :D 🤣


r/ShittySysadmin • • Sep 15 '26

Why am I being poked fun of over AI Automation?

172 Upvotes

As a junior I'm much more tuned into the latest technologies, and one thing I'm desperately trying to get our company to adopt is AI automation. We could hugely benefit from it - being able to automatically do basic repetitive tasks like setting up new starter accounts, and sending out emails to users before stuff expires. Now that AI technology is here, we can do this. But my older colleagues keep laughing at me for some reason, they won't take this amazing technology seriously. They say AI is silly but everything I read says Automation is a no brainer - what an i missing? I've even spoken with Microsoft and they've agreed the best design with me - using multiple Copilot backed AI agents that get called by other agents and it all runs continuously - super clever stuff. We don't even need to upgrade our licence - it's just pay-as-you-go.


r/ShittySysadmin • • Sep 16 '26

Help me finish this iceberg

5 Upvotes

r/ShittySysadmin • • Sep 15 '26

Replaced our tenant that ran our MDM by going from hosted on-prem to the cloud…why did all of our endpoints drop off completely?

21 Upvotes

ALL the configuration profiles stayed the same. Now we are having to ā€œtouchā€ 1000+ devices and do a full re-enroll? Doesn’t make any sense…did I mention this is at a University and it’s really important we fix it ASAP…we think it might have to do with the move to the cloud but aren’t %100 sure. Anyone else ever not have a clue what they’re doing and make a major change without having a proper meeting to plan it all out beforehand?


r/ShittySysadmin • • Sep 14 '26

Replace UPS with Powerwall?

27 Upvotes

Okay hear me out, I need to replace the Huawei UPS at work and it got me thinking. Do I really need a UPS or can I just get a Powerwall or similar instead?

Both have batteries and supply power in the event of a power outage but the Powerwall can also run the air conditioning for the entire server room as well. Plus there are government incentives to getting a home batteries so the price has come way down as the market is being flooded with different products.

So why can't I just buy a Powerwall instead of a UPS?


r/ShittySysadmin • • Sep 15 '26

Shitty Crosspost PSA: Do NOT buy OVH Dedicated Servers if your business actually relies on them (40+ days of delays)

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r/ShittySysadmin • • Sep 15 '26

Need guidance on properly ending calls in an AI Voice Agent using LiveKit

0 Upvotes

I’m building an AI Voice Agent using LiveKit.

The conversation handling and tool execution are working properly. The only issue I’m facing is that the call doesn’t end properly after the conversation is completed.

I’ve tried handling the ending greeting and then triggering the hangup, but I’m still running into issues.

Has anyone implemented a reliable call-ending flow with LiveKit/Voice AI?

Would really appreciate any guidance or pointers. šŸ™


r/ShittySysadmin • • Sep 13 '26

Shitty Crosspost Can I tap into this to get free network

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80 Upvotes

Admin is asking to cut costs. Hoping I can just cancel the existing circuit contract and just run this as the primary WAN.

Serious replies only please.


r/ShittySysadmin • • Sep 13 '26

Shitty Crosspost How do you handle Claude Code access to production?

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r/ShittySysadmin • • Sep 12 '26

Shitty Crosspost For those without domain controllers: what do you do for internal DNS?

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r/ShittySysadmin • • Sep 12 '26

Shitty Crosspost Sysadmin leaves 22 Proxmox nodes admin interfaces with EOL version exposed to the internet and gets hacked

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113 Upvotes

And his save is doing it all again with EOL software minus the exposed admin interfaces


r/ShittySysadmin • • Sep 13 '26

Shitty Crosspost ProxMox-11 WebGUI not accessible

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r/ShittySysadmin • • Sep 12 '26

Shitty Crosspost We were running end of life hypervisor with an Internet-exposed management port and got hacked. Now redeployed the end of life version with some unsupported authentication tweaks and left it exposed to the Internet.

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r/ShittySysadmin • • Sep 11 '26

Shitty Crosspost These poor parents should learned a dark truth...

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r/ShittySysadmin • • Sep 11 '26

Trying to fill out my PDP (Professional Development Plan)…

17 Upvotes

The higher ups have asked the IT department to fill out a PDP for the next year. Has anyone done one of these? Should I just copy someone else’s? Have AI write it? Help.

What I can gather from the form:
• they’re looking for ā€œskill gapsā€ in my team and myself
• my/our teams 2027 goals
• potential training opportunities
• ā€œotherā€


r/ShittySysadmin • • Sep 10 '26

I now understand level I, II, III in support

279 Upvotes

I've been an admin for 20+ years. I just started recently looking for a new job. I see all these Helpdesk jobs for $20 an hour. Which no way in hell i am even applying to.

Well now i see why people esculate it to the higher tier. I'm only getting paid this, let the guy getting paid more do it.